Category: Sports

UNI senior wins first Paralympic medal in school history in career-best time.

UNI graduate and longtime advocate of Panther Athletics has spent five decades as the Voice of the Panthers.

Iowa will also play neutral-site contests against Washington State in Moline, Illinois, on Nov. 15, Utah State in Kansas City, Missouri, on Nov. 22 and Utah State in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Dec. 21.

LIMA, PERU – University of Iowa of Hawkeyes freshman thrower Bryce Ruland claimed the U20 World Championships discus title on Saturday.

IOWA CITY  – University of Iowa soccer student-athletes Macy Enneking and Berit Parten earned weekly honors from the Big Ten, announced by the conference on Tuesday.

CEDAR FALLS — UNI left guard Blake Anderson has been named the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s (MVFC) Offensive Lineman of the Week, as announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa soccer team defeated No. 18 Wake Forest, 2-0, on Sunday night at Iowa Soccer Complex. Freshman Berit Parten scored both Hawkeye goals as Iowa advances to 3-0-2 on the season.

Eastus records first career multi-goal match as Panthers beat Upper Iowa at home. Panthers host St. Thomas on Friday.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – The sixth ranked University of Iowa field hockey team fell to the No. 2 North Carolina, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon at Oker Field.

UNI tests Buckeyes in final two sets but falls 3-1. Panthers head to UND Classic in Grand Forks next weekend.

UNI football came out hot in the 2024 opener with the fourth-most rushing yards in the last 15 seasons in a 35-7 victory over Valparaiso

IOWA CITY – No. 25 Iowa (1-0) defeated Illinois State (0-1), 40-0, in its season opener Saturday inside Kinnick Stadium.

Panthers battle reigning Atlantic-10 champions on opening weekend, but fall to Flyers in five sets. UNI takes on Ohio State next.

IOWA CITY — Former University of Iowa unanimous All-American Shonn Greene will serve as honorary captain when the Hawkeyes host Illinois State on Saturday on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium.

AMES — The UNI cross country team kicked off the 2024 season on Friday morning competing at Iowa State’s Cyclone Preview at the ISU Cross Country Course, setting multiple new career-best times to open the new year.

SAN JUAN, P.R. – University of Iowa volleyball knocked off Providence, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon at Mario Morales Coliseum. The Hawkeyes improved to 2-0 on the season.

SAN JUAN, P.R. – University of Iowa volleyball swept Liberty in Friday’s season opener at Mario Morales Coliseum.

UNI cruises to straight set win with strong service line performance and attack at the net. Panthers battle No. 22 Dayton tonight.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa soccer team defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 3-0, on Thursday night at Iowa Soccer Complex.

PARIS – UNI senior Olivia Chambers became the first Panther swimmer to compete in the Paralympic Games on Thursday as she finished fifth overall in the women’s S13 100-meter butterfly at La Defense Arena on the opening day of competition.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI soccer overcame a late deficit with goals by Olivia Knoepfle and Macy Smith in the final six minutes of play to lift the Panthers to a narrow 3-2 victory over a persistent St. Ambrose team at the UNI Soccer Field on Wednesday afternoon.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa head baseball coach Rick Heller has announced the addition of two former Major League Baseball players and Iowa alumni to his coaching staff on Tuesday.

IOWA CITY – Karl Gollan has been named an assistant coach for the University of Iowa softball team, head coach Renee Gillispie announced.

AMES – Battling the scorching heat of late August, the UNI soccer team dropped its first match of the season on Sunday night in a 6-1 loss to the Iowa State Cyclones in the Panthers’ first road match of the year.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – The nationally ranked University of Iowa women’s soccer team battled No. 12 Texas to a tie, 0-0, on Sunday afternoon.

LAS VEGAS – Former UNI wrestler Ryan Loder earned a spot on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster on Saturday night as he captured the middleweight title in The Ultimate Fighter 32 finals with a technical knockout (TKO) performance over Robert Valentin.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI soccer will take to the trip across Highway 20 and down Interstate 35 on Sunday evening for its first road match of the 2024 season as it visits in-state rival Iowa State in Ames.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – No. 24 University of Iowa Soccer tied Western Michigan, 1-1, on Thursday afternoon. The Hawkeyes move to 1-0-1 on the season.

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz announced on Thursday that he and wide receivers coach Jon Budmayr will not coach the Iowa vs. Illinois State game on Aug. 31 to address NCAA recruiting violations that occurred in late 2022.

CEDAR FALLS – The UNI volleyball team has been picked as the favorite to capture its third consecutive Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season title.

CEDAR FALLS — Phil Steele released his 2024 FCS preseason awards. The Panthers landed eight on the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) list and one on his All-American list.

ROCKFORD – A North Iowa high school that had to drop varsity football in 2022 due to low enrollment is ready to take the field this fall.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI soccer overcame a late first half deficit with a second half equalizer by Olivia Knoepfle in the 80th minute to tie the South Dakota Coyotes to kick off the 2024 regular season on Thursday afternoon at the UNI Soccer Field.

ST. LOUIS – The UNI soccer team was picked to finish fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) standings this season, as announced on Wednesday morning with the release of the league’s annual preseason coaches poll.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The UNI softball team was named an Academic Top 10 team by Easton and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Tuesday.

The 2024-25 women’s basketball non-conference schedule consists of 12 matchups including one exhibition and three matchups in the Virgin Islands.